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The Placements Award is funded through the University’s Access Agreement with the Office for Fair Access, and is designed to help students with the costs of undertaking a placement or attending an event that will have a direct impact on their studies or employability.

Students must make use of this funding prior to 31 May in the final year of their undergraduate studies. Students can apply once per academic year.

Please note that 80% of the funds awarded will be given prior to the work placement and 20% will be held back and awarded after completion and on receipt of the following:

a completed feedback form

all receipts.

Funding is limited and retrospective applications will not be considered.

Criteria

This Award is open to any UK home student currently enrolled on an undergraduate degree course who has either:

been assessed by Student Finance as being from a household with an annual income of below £42,875

has been categorised by the Student Loan Company as estranged from their parents.

Students need to have applied for Student Finance for the academic year in which the mobility is to take place.

When making your application to Student Finance, give consent for your household income details to be shared with Bath Spa University. Your household income figure will then be automatically sent to the University and used to assess your eligibility for the award.

How applications are judged

Placement Award allocations will be decided by the Bath Spa University disbursement panel, which will consist of representatives from the Careers and Employability team. The panel will meet once per month to discuss applications received.

Applicants can expect to hear an outcome within two weeks of the application deadline.

Terms and conditions

Successful recipients will be subject to the following conditions:

Awards must be used for the purpose stated on your application form.

If, by reason of any emergency or other circumstance, the Award holder is unable to complete the work placement, he or she will be required to refund all or part of the Award as may be considered reasonable.

Recipients will be expected to provide appropriate feedback and these comments may be used on the University website or in other promotional material.

Students must submit receipts within ten working days of completing the placement.

Students may be asked to help promote the award to other members of the student body through stands and events.